Over the years, I've loved being on stage with an orchestra, waving my hands around.

Over the years, I've loved being on stage with an orchestra, waving my hands around.

We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.

Two or three notes of music can instantly make you feel sad or tense or afraid or angry. To do that in words is much more difficult.

Childhood in large parts of modern Britain, at any rate, has been replaced by premature adulthood, or rather adolescence

You know, a lot of people are loath to go to an orchestral concert because they are intimidated by the thought.

I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one.